John harvey parrel



(No Model.) f

J. H.' FARREL.

POCKET LAMP.

Patented July 26, 1892.

,W @im NITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JoHN HARVEY EARREL, or oAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, AssIeNoR-'ro J. WALTER DoUeLAss, oE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,741, dated July 26, 1892.

Application tiled December 15, 1890. Serial No. 374,743. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: ble material. 3 is a transverse central Be it known that LJOHN HARVEY FARREL, section of a lighting device embodying feaa citizen of theUnited States, residing at Caintures of my invention and showing a housden, in the county of Camden and State of New ing provided with an oil-receptacle having a 5 Jersey, have invented certain new and useful hinged cover through which a wick passes 55 Improvementsin Pocket-Lamps, of which the and disposed adjacent to an ignitor and also following is a specification. showing a rotatable carrier provided with a My invention relates to a class of lamps or removable series of superposed disks having lighting devices designed to be carried in the bits, drops, or pellets of ignitible material IO pocket and such as may be used for lighting applied thereto, and means for permitting of 6o cigars, lamps, gas-burners, and many other the rotation of said carrier within the houssimilar purposes. ing; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the The principal objects of my present invenpocket lamp or lighting device, showing the tion are, irst, to provide an inexpensive, comexterior lid of the housing in an open posi- I5 pact, reliable,fand convenient lamp adapted tion, exposing to View the wick-ignitor and 65 to be carried in the pocket with perfect safety, portions of the rotatable carrier and series of and, second, to provide simple, efficient, and removable disks provided with drops, bits, or inexpensive means for retaining a supply of pellet of ignitible material applied thereto. igniting substance or material in any suitable In the drawings, A is a cylindrical housing form and so that successive parts or portions or case having one extremity thereof closed 7o of such substance or material may be preby a circular plate ct and provided with an sented successively to an ignitor in close proxexterior lid or cover A. In the drawings this imity to a wick, in order to explode or ignite lid or cover A' is represented as attached to the same and light the wick. the circular plate a by means ot a hinge a',

Myinvention consists in providing apocket but the lid or cover A Inay, if preferred, be 75 or similar lighting device with a rotatable carhinged to the cylindrical portion A of the housrier adapted to support one or a series of reing. .S is a spring-catch of any preferred conmovable disks having bits, drops, or pellets struction for retaining the lid or cover A norof ignitible material applied thereto, and mally in a closed position.

means for actuating` said carrier in order to A2 is a receptacle formed between Ka parti- 8o cause said drops, bits, or pellets to be ignited tion-plate a2, the side plate o, and a portion in the manner and for the purposes hereinafof the cylindrical casing A and adapted for ter described, and pointed out in the claims; the reception of oil or absorbent material satuand myinvention further consists of a pocket rated with oil.

3 5 or other lighting device, constructed and arco3 is a lid attached or applied to the oil-re- 8 5 ranged for operation in the manner hereinceptacle A2 in any convenient manner-forexafter described, and specifically pointed out ample, by means of ahinge CL4-in order to perin the claims. mit of the filling and cleaning of the oil-re- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is ceptacle A2 by the simple operation of open- 4o a transverse sectional view on the line @c x of ing the lid. This lid a3 is provided with a 9o Fig. 3, taken in the direction indicated by the nipple or aperture a5, through which one exarrows l and showing a rotatable carrier protremit-y on of the wick x2 passes and in proxvided with one or more removable disks havimity to an ignitor d6. This ignitor a may `ing bits, drops, or pellets of ignitible material be attached to any convenient portion ot the applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar View taken housing and in any preferred manner, but eX- o5 in the direction indicated by the arrows 2 in cellent results have been attained in practice Fig. 3, showing an oil-receptacle provided by attaching it to the lid a3 of the oil-recepwith a hinged cover having a Wick passing tacle A2 by means of loops 0.7 struck up therethrough and also showing an ignitor for therefrom, and preference is given to such 5o exploding the drops, bits, or pellets of igniticonstruction and arrangement of the same. Ioo

2 travel as is a ring provided with a flange a9, Constitnting an annulus which is adapted to be fitted into the open end of the cylindrical casing A. This ring as is provided with projectionsall, adapted to engage in recesses or indentations a, formed in the cylindrical housing A, so that the ring as is normally held to place in the housing, but is nevertheless susceptible of being readily removed therefrom.

B is a carrier provided with lugs or pinsb of any shape or form and adapted to engage with apertures c of corresponding shape or form, cut or otherwise formed in each of the disks C, not only to cause said disks to revolvo with Vthe carrier B, but also to permit of their ready removal therefrom.

c are bits, drops, or pellets of ignilible inaterial applied to each of the disks C in any suitable manner.

For the sake of a further explanation of my invention abrief description of the mode of operation of the rotatable carrier B, provided with one or more disks C, having drops, bits, or pellets c of ignitiblc material applied thereto, will now be given with reference to the hereinabove-described lighting device; but it must beunderstood that the rotatable carrier B and removable disk or disks 0,'provided with drops, bits, or pellets c of ignitible material, may be applied to any type of lighting device which comprises an ignitor having a wick or its equivalent in proximity thereto.

- In use the carrier B and With it the disk or disks C is or are rotated so that the bits, drops, or pellets c are brought successively into contact with the ignitor a6 and are exploded or ignited in close proximity to the exposed extremity ot' the wick 002, whereby the latter islighted. The carrierB may of course be rotated by means ofa number of different appliancesfor example, by means of a knob extending through the housing-or this result may be accomplished by providing the carrier B with lugs ordogs b2, adapted to engage with the iiange a9 of the ring as, as shown in the drawings, so that the carrier B constitutes one of the side covers ofthe cylindrical housing or casing A, and may be rotated by hand.

d is a spiral spring, preferably terminating in a flat ring d and interposed between the carrier B and disk or disks C, so as to insure contact between the ignitor a6 and the bits, drops, or pellets c not only when arseries of disks Gis employed, but also when only asingle disk is used.

e is a boss or circular projection attached to or formed integral with the partition-plate a2 in order to permit of the rotation of the disks C without danger of the drops, bits, or pellets c being prematurely ignited by contact with the partition-plate a2, as Will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 3.

The mode of operation of the hereinabovedescribed lighting device is as follows: The carrier B and ring 0.8 are withdrawn from the cylindrical casing A and one or more disks C, provided with drops, bits or pellets c of ignitible material, are applied to the carrier B, and are attached thereto by passing the lugs or pins b through the slots c', so that the carrier l5 and disks C are constrained to revolve as one piece. The carrier B and ring asare then inserted into the housing and are retained to place therein by means of the projections am and recesses or indentations au. The spiral spring d, interposed between the disks C and the carrier B, serves to press the former into contact With the bossein the manner an d for the purposes above described. The lamp may be lighted by opening the cover or lid A', as shown in Fig. 4, and then rotating the carrier B by means of the fingers or 1n any other convenient manner. The rotationv ofthe carrier B advances the drops, bits,'or pellets c of ignitible Vmaterial into contact with the ignitor a, which explodes the former in close proximity to the exposed extremityv a," of the wick 002, thereby lighting the same.V Vhenever all the drops, bits, or pellets c of ignitible material applied to one of the disks C have been consumed, the carrier B may be withdrawn from the housing in the manner above described and such disk removed, Wherenpon the next disk of the series is brought or pressed by the spring d into operative position. When all the pellets, drops, or bits c have` been consumed, the series of disks C may be removed and replaced by a series of fresh disks, as will be readily understood. The disks may of course be employed singly; but preferenceis given to t-he employment of a series thereof.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains that many changes or modifications may be made in details of construction and the arrangement of the parts Without departing from the spirit of my invention, and hence I do not limit myself tothe exact construction and arrangement of parts herein described; but

Vhat l claim as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A lighting device having an oil-receptacle provided with a wick, an ignitor in proximity thereto, a rotatable carrier, a disk applied thereto and having drops, bits, or pellets of explosive material, and means for rotating said carrier and bringing the drops, bits, or pellets of said disk into contact with said ignitor, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A lighting device having a Wick, an ignitor, a rotatable carrier, and a disk having drops, bits, or pellets of explosive material applied thereto, the construction being such that when the carrier is revolved the drops, bits, or pellets of said disk are ignited, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A lighting-device having an ignitor, a rotatable carrier provided with pins or studs, and a disk having bits, drops, or pellets of explosive material applied thereto and holes formed therein, the construction being such IOO IIO

that the disk may be removed from and applied to the carrier and revolved therewith, for the purposes set forth.

4. A lighting device having an oil-receptacle provided with a wick, a rotatable carrier supporting a removable disk having bits, drops, or pellets of explosive material applied thereto, a spring interposed between said disk andfcarrier, and an ignitor, the construction being such that the pellets, drops, or bits are successively presented to the ignitor, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. A lighting device having an oil-receptacle provided with a wick and a boss formed integral with the inner wall of said receptacle, a rotating carrier supporting a removable disk having bits, drops, or pellets of explosive material applied thereto, a spring interposed between said carrier and disk, and an ignitor, the construction being such that the disk is normally in Contact with the boss, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. A lighting device having a cylindrical casing provided with a lid, an oil-receptacle attached to a plate closing one extremity of said casing, a wick, an ignitor, a carrier removably fitted to the other extremity of said casing, and a disk having explosive material applied thereto and removably attached to said carrier, the construction being such that the carrier may be rotated within the casing,

substantially as and for the purposes set forth. n

7. The combination,in alighting device, of a cylindrical casing provided with a lid closed at one extremity thereof, with an oil-receptacle, a wick, anrannulus having a ange and fitted into the other extremity of said casing, a carrier provided with lugs engaging said ange and closing one extremity of said casing, an ignitor, and a removable disk having explosive material applied thereto, subst-antially as and for the purposes set forth.

8.v The combination, in alighting device, ot' a cylindrical casing provided with a lid closed at one extremity thereof, an oil-receptacle provided with a boss, a wick, an annulus fitted into the other extremity of said casing, a carrier engaging said annulus, an ignitor, a removable disk having explosive materia-lapplied thereto and attached to said carrier by pins orlugs engaging in slots, and a spring interposed between said disk and carrier, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN HARVEY FARREL.

Witnesses:

HERMANN BORMANN, THOMAS M. SMITH. 

